Below you will find information about our one-off workshops and short courses. If you are interested in training to become a spiritual director, please go to our Encounter Course page for more information about our three year formation training.
Supervision for Spiritual Direction
- Thursday 13 and Friday 14 September (11am-6.30pm); Saturday 15 September (11am-4pm)
- £250
- Antonia Lynn
- Developing Direction
Training in supervision skills for those wishing to work with spiritual directors.
Weeks of Accompanied Prayer - consultation meeting
- Monday 17 September, 11am - 12.30pm
- Free
- Alison Christian
- Other courses
Sharing Best Practice - weeks of accompanied prayer
Developing Direction 2018/19 Friday Programme
- Fridays, 11.00am - 4.00pm
- Full programme (8 for the price of 7) £315
- Developing Direction
LCSD’s Friday Programme is a core part of Developing Direction, and an excellent way to find community and refreshment: you can book each one separately or save by booking the whole series.
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Faces: MBTI workshop for Spiritual Directors
- 5 October 2018, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Sue Wilson
- Developing Direction
Kicking off the 2018/19 programme is Sue Wilson’s workshop on MBTI for Spiritual Directors.
Monthly Mondays
- Mondays, 11.00am-2.00pm (with lunch 1.00pm-2.00pm)
- £10 per session
- Various - it could be you!
- Developing Direction
Come and share gifts and expertise. Each two-hour session will explore a different topic and will be followed by lunch.
At the Still Point: Accompanying the Contemplative
- Monday evenings, 6.00-8.00pm
- £100
- Liz Watson
- Developing Direction
An opportunity to join a Monday evening group experiencing and exploring contemplative prayer.
Exploring Christian Spirituality
- Monday afternoons, 2.00pm-4.45pm
- £425 (£400 earlybird before 1 September)
- John-Francis Friendship and Nicola Mason
- Other courses
For anyone who wants to discover more about Christian spirituality or seeks to widen their understanding. Spend Monday afternoons learning about the great Christian traditions and exploring how to integrate prayer and life.
Healing, Wholeness and Holiness: Exploring the Interface between Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction
- 2 November, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Julie Leger Dunstan
- Developing Direction
Julie will be exploring the interface between psychology and spirituality through the lens of psychotherapy and spiritual direction. It will be a chance to get a bit clearer on the ongoing question of differences and aims to increase the confidence of those in the ministry of spiritual direction by celebrating its unique gifts and possibilities.
Network Day: Whose Calling
- Saturday 17th November 2018, 11:00am - 4:00pm
- £35 full price or £25 for members of the Community of Spiritual Directors
- Developing Direction
Our annual Network Day is a time to connect, pray and be inspired. With keynote speakers, news and updates, time for networking, and lunch.
Safeguarding for Spiritual Directors
- Friday 30th November 2018, 11:00am - 1:00pm
- £30
- Dawn Watson
- Developing Direction
Safeguarding training is now an ethical mandate for spiritual directors who wish to follow the Centre’s Code of Practice. If you’ve not attended a course anywhere in the last 5 years, we encourage you to sign up for this workshop.
From time to time spiritual directors may find themselves presented with a situation which concerns child or vulnerable adult abuse, either historic or current. This morning is designed as an event for all spiritual directors and those training to become spiritual directors on the issues we need to consider when working with vulnerable people.
Body and Spirit: Embodied Awareness and Movement in Prayer and Spiritual Direction
- 7 December 2018, 11.0am-4.00pm
- £45
- Rachel Michael
- Developing Direction
A day to explore the often neglected interrelationship of body and spirit within Christian spirituality. We will create a safe space to practise connecting with our body in stillness and in movement with a focus on developing our capacity to listen to ourselves, to God, and to others.
Jesus our Spiritual Director: Lessons from the Master
- Friday 1st February 2019, 11:00am - 4:00pm
- £45
- Alison Christian
- Developing Direction
Jesus, attentive to both the person in front of him and to God, was able to listen with extraordinary freedom and confidence to the needs of whoever was in front of him. This will be a day to learn from the great Master: our spiritual director in the deepest sense.
Mindfulness and the mind of God: Exploring Mindfulness through the Christian Tradition
- 1 March 2019, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Peter Tyler
- Developing Direction
Far from a foreign import mindfulness is not only endemic but essential to the Christian understanding of how the human person relates to the divine. The aim of the day is to reflect on the nature of mindfulness, especially as perceived from its Buddhist roots and how this may (or may not) relate to the wider tradition of Christian prayer.
Presence in Dying: Spiritual Care at the End of Life
- 5 April 2019, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Tony Kyriakides
- Developing Direction
The process of dying has been likened to a journey. The theme of the day will be ‘presence’ using Nolan’s framework of: evocative presence; accompanying presence; comforting presence and hopeful presence.
Where is God in all this? How we ask about God in Spiritual Direction
- 7 June 2019, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Julian Maddock
- Developing Direction
“Where is God in all this?” is a question much-beloved of spiritual directors. However, if God is “in all things” then this question makes no sense. What are we really asking? This day will explore how we we might ask about God with those who come to talk with us.
The Gifts and Challenges of Diversity
- Friday 12 July 2019, 11.00am-4.00pm
- £45
- Grace Owen and Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage
- Developing Direction
In the vocation of Spiritual Direction we encounter all types of people where diversity is in and out of view. What are the potential implications of diversity for directors and directees? Join us to explore this important topic.